Salt Institute for Documentary Studies

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Since 1973, the Salt Institute for Documentary Studies has taught students from all over the United States and around the world to become skilled documentarians and storytellers. At the core of Salt is a 24/7 15-week experience. Motivated individuals from all walks of life come to Salt to focus on documentary storytelling, develop new skills, and build expertise. Our faculty members are working documentarians and teaching professionals who help provide a strong foundation for students to make their best work. 

Series

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59 Pieces

The SaltCast was a bi-weekly podcast produced from 2008-2010, aimed at pulling back the curtain on radio storytelling. From fieldwork and recording techniques to narrative and ethics, Saltcast explored the ins-and-outs of radio production. If you want to hear more Salt radio work, including that produced by more recent students, check out http://www.prx.org/group_accounts/1185-salt !


Pieces

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Frank “the Bear” Abramovitz lost his wife to cancer. That’s when he took over her business, and became a bounty hunter.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 10:21
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The women of Spirits Left Behind investigate possible hauntings: strange noises, apparitions, feeling uneasy for no reason at all. (Many of them ar...

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  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 08:54
  • Purchases: 1

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 08:53
  • Purchases: 1
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Actors may be on TV or perform with a local theater group, but what about the actors in the medical field?

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 08:35
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A micronation that aimed to restore the Roman Empire to its former glory, turns against its founding father.

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  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 09:10
  • Purchases: 1
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Is art a public good? In the cash-strapped city of Bangor, a suggestive sculpture sparks debate.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 05:31
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Henry Joy had a radical plan for northern Maine. It didn’t work.

  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 07:04
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Loren Coleman spends most of his time thinking about animals that most people think are fake.

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  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:18
  • Purchases: 2
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Freeman “Buzzy” Buzzell has been a barber in Madison, Maine for the past fifty-five years, and he keeps at it because he loves his customers.

Bought by New Hampshire Public Radio and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 06:28
  • Purchases: 2
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Rufus Porter was a nineteenth-century American artist, journalist, and brilliant inventor, who almost made it into the history books, but not quite.

Bought by Radio Newark, New Hampshire Public Radio, and PRX Remix


  • Added: May 27, 2015
  • Length: 08:00
  • Purchases: 3